An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in licenses and regulations and liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for wine expanded permits.

PRINTER'S NO. 1308
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1171
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SMITH, M. JONES AND JAMES, APRIL 9, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, APRIL 9, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled "An
act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and malt and
brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating and
changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and
restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession,
consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding
in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic
liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the
persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and
duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing
for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores,
for the payment of certain license fees to the respective
municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain
nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure
without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures;
providing for local option, and repealing existing laws," in
licenses and regulations and liquor, alcohol and malt and
brewed beverages, further providing for wine expanded
permits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 415(a)(2) and (d) of the act of April 12,
1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, are amended to
read:
Section 415. Wine Expanded Permits.--(a) * * *
(2) Nothing in this section may affect the ability of an
existing licensee to operate within the scope of its current
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license as authorized by this act.[, except that no sales of
wine for off-premises consumption may take place by a wine
expanded permit holder after eleven o'clock postmeridian of any
day until the licensee's permitted hours of operation under
section 406 of the next day, including Sundays if the licensee
has a permit authorized under section 406(a)(3).]
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(d) A wine expanded permit holder may sell for off-premises
consumption, in a single transaction, up to three thousand
(3,000) milliliters of wine. The sales may occur at any time
during which the wine expanded permit holder is otherwise
authorized to sell alcohol for on-premises consumption.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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